Transit: Quadrologues

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 2010-01-20
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Każdy z członków kwartetu występuje tutaj na równych prawach, ten brak lidera nie jest jednak żadną wadą płyt zespołu Transit. Mamy tu do czynienia z najprawdziwszą kolektywną improwizacją, która nie jest tylko z nazwy kolektywna.
Kolektywna improwizacja kładzie nacisk na prezentację w improwizacji całości zespołu, choć nie uniemożliwia prezentacji solisty, pociąga to za sobą stopień 'równouprawnienia' panującego w zespole.

Perkusista Jeff Arnal, trębacz Nate Wooley, kontrabasista Reuben Raddingi saksofonista altowy Seth Misterka twórczo rozwijają pomysły Ornette'a Colemana z czasów, gdy prowadził swój słynny kwartet z Donem Cherry, Charlie Hadenem i Billy Higginsem. Oczywiście Transit nie powiela jego pomysłów, nie znajdziemy naturalnej śpiewności i liryzmu znanych z nagrań Colemana, muzyka Transit bliższa jest współczesnej kameralistyce, w której cisza może odegrać większe znaczenie niż sam dźwięk.

Lester Bowie powiedział kiedyś "Cała koncepcja jazzu oparta jest na założeniu, że jest to muzyka twórcza, muzyka współczesna stale się rozwijająca. Wiele osób uważa, że jazz osiągnął już szczyt swoich możliwości i teraz pozostaje nam tylko powtarzanie tych form do końca naszego życia. Ale tak naprawdę jest to muzyka bardzo młoda. Dopiero zaczyna przyswajać sobie nowe idee. Tego procesu nie da się zatrzymać."
autor: Krzysztof Szamot

Editor's info:
'Quadrologues' is the second Clean Feed release by the New York based quartet Transit. This collection of pieces integrates the tradition of jazz and the never obvious approaches to music. Each piece reveals an intelligent design with a clarity of purpose. Static and the hyper activity of free-jazz are equal partners in Transit's compositions. Falling in and out of tradition - Transit has created it's own 'thumbprint' that reveals an individual sensitivity within a group consciousness.
Jeff Arnal (percussion), Seth Misterka (alto saxophone), Reuben Radding (double bass) and Nate Wooley (trumpet) contribute choices in the moment - Impulse - Silence - Response - from a rich palette of individual style within a non linear structure. Each moment is unique and unpredictable.
Quadrologues can count itself as apart of a new emerging music - unknown sounds of the 21st century. This collective is informed by decades of experimentation in the trenches of the Avant Garde. Full of risk but quick to reveal the importance of cooperation and the synergy of true dialogue.
In conclusion: this music creates an innovative landscape that mirrors the complexities of the environment from which it emerged.


freejazz-stef.blogspot.com, ocena: * * * * *:
In 2006 this quartet released the CD "Transit", under the leadership of drummer Jeff Arnal, with Seth Misterka on sax, Nate Wooley on trumpet and Reuben Radding on bass. The band is now called "Transit", and it brings this wonderful album of free improvisation. The first album was quite adventurous, with a very dense and loud, sometimes violent sound. This album is even more adventurous, but they let silence in, and quietness. The result is one of increased tension, of an increased quality of the individual sounds, more attention to detail (much more), less struggling between the musicians to get space, and hence a more mature interaction, if I may use that word. But over and beyond the tension, over and beyond the unusual and usual sound explorations, there is a depth of feeling that is astonishing. The first track "Strata" already starts with a strong trumpet performance by Wooley, going really deep, but the whole band excells in the slow and intense "The Science Of Breath", a long piece on which the long interwoven tones create something of a hard to place beauty. And even if the horns define the most audible effects, listen how Arnal's drums shift the deep structure by evolving from screeching sounds out of his cymbals toward hypnotic repetitive rhythms on his toms only. So much in the background yet defining the song's depth. "Flip" is more playful, toying with little sounds, interacting all four without falling into a pattern, almost, but not quite, and that's part of the fun, becoming elusive while playing the same game. Fun is also there are the start of "Rapid Eye Movement", with a nice interaction between Radding's bass and Arnal's drumming, with Wooley and Misterka joining in the repetitive but weird sounds. Subtle and creative. "Z Train" is more boppish - what else would you expect - in nature as defined by the bass, with Arnal's drums going fully against the rhythm of the bass, while sax and trumpet play slow phrases over the rhythmic excitement. Another highlight of the album is the long "Speaking In Tongues", with Wooley leading the piece with again a delight of a trumpet solo, that moves into a more African tune and rhythm, but then in a context in which all options are still open, without falling into clichés or patterns. In the hands of great musicians free jazz is without a doubt the most rich and moving musical genre. And all four of them excell here. The last track alone testifies to that. How they move the piece from avant-garde sounds, to a more uptempo piece, on which Misterka really shines with soulful and heartrending phrases. I have listened to this album at least a dozen times in the past few days, and it sounds different every time. There is lots of variation, lots of creative approaches, and a joy to the ear. Don't miss it!
by Stef

muzycy:
Jeff Arnal: percussion
Nate Wooley: trumpet
Reuben Radding: bass
Seth Misterka: alto saxophone

utwory:
1. Strata
2. Walking on Fire
3. The Science of Breath
4. Flip
5. Rapid Eye Movement
6. Z Train
7. Meeting Ground
8. Time Isn't What You Think
9. Speaking in Tongues
10. Myrtle Avenue Revival

wydano: 2009
more info: www.cleanfeed-records.com